First name origin & meaning: Old English: Brush-covered meadow First name variations: Bromwell, Bromwood, Bromlee, Bromleigh, Bromli, Bromlie, Bromly Last name origin & meaning: English: habitational name from any of the many places called
Bromley, in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent (now in Greater London),
Greater London, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and elsewhere. Most
are named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + lēah
‘woodland clearing’, but Bromley (near Bow) in Greater London is from
Old English bræmbel ‘bramble’ + lēah.
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